An obese child looking down

Smart scales and special clinics to help thousands of obese children lose weight

People with mental health problems are waiting days for treatment in busy emergency departments.

Mental health patients waiting days in A&E ‘scandal in plain sight’, warns nursing boss

Experts at the European Congress on Obesity in Malaga, Spain, presented findings showing the drugs helped severely obese youngsters shed pounds

Weight-loss jabs for children ‘are effective and help prevent mealtime battles’

Nicola Sturgeon will join her successors Humza Yousaf and John Swinney, along with Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, in voting against the legislation on Tuesday.

'The most difficult decision of my career': Nicola Sturgeon will not back assisted dying legislation in Scotland

Hospital staff in scrubs on a ward

Nurses determined to ‘fight for more’, union boss says

The chroming trend became popular among young people on social media

What is chroming? The deadly social media trend

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Weight loss injections may have powerful anti-cancer effect, research suggests

International Nurses Day Marked In China

NHS programme to prevent brain injuries during childbirth to be rolled out

Among regular drinkers, intake decreased by 68%, from 23.2 units a week to 7.8 units a week.

Weight loss jabs could help cut amount of alcohol drank by obese people by two thirds, new study suggests

Young person eating burger

Just five minutes of exposure to junk food advertising per day makes children eat more calories

Cancer screening

Having children later and being overweight ‘increases risk of breast cancer’

Pharmacists are warning the public against buying unlicensed hay fever jabs online.

Pharmacists warning public against buying unlicensed hay fever jabs online over safety risks

The NHS has "maxed out on what is affordable".

NHS has ‘maxed out on what is affordable’, says new service chief

Annual blood test for cancer ‘could stop half of cases reaching advanced stage’

'Game-changing' blood tests could spot cancer before symptoms and cut deaths by half, say scientists

Siobhain McDonagh, left, and Margaret McDonagh on holiday in Málaga

Labour MP remains 'determined' to find cure for 'savage' brain cancer that killed her sister

Campaigners, including many who are personally infected and affected by infected blood, gathering in Westminster, London in 2023.

Infected blood victims 'will die before they get compensation', minister admits

Protesters outside the Infected Blood Inquiry at Church House, in Westminster, London, which is hearing evidence on the timeliness and adequacy of the Government's response to compensation

Inquiry hears of ‘anguish’ over compensation for infected blood victims